Åndutsyn (US) / Helm (US) - Split (2021)

Åndutsyn (00:00) 1. The Journey To Darkness 2. Unseen Powers & Might 3. Masked by Shame and Steel 4. Artifacts of Decay 5. Violent & Depraved Helm (15:00) 6. These Winds Howl 7. Heart of Initiation 8. The Runes Cast Themselves Two modern masters of archaic styles of black metal stand proudly and firmly on the aural ground tread by their predescesors. After a luminescent introduction Åndutsyn has returned with a raw blunt force second offering. Reminiscent of the primitive ancestral and natural blasts of early Ildjarn, Åndutsyn has found subtle yet stark ways to innovate within such a simplistic yet harsh tradition, proving that there are still trails to blaze within this form. Fans of the first offering will delight in this continuation of tradition. Coming from the Smell Blood Records family, Helm’s side strips atmosphere and artifice to create a blistering low-fi black metal in the traditions of Isengard and Bilskirnir. Helm is raw, un